Self-Driving Vehicles
Same deal for the electric cars - they are all using different charger system instead of adopting a common standard. You can't charge your Nissan Leaf at a Tesla charging station. This is beyond retarded, and going to be a major obstacle when it comes to widespread adaptation of electric vehicles.
It is actually quite revealing how these companies are competing and suing each other over autonomous driving patents, instead of trying to set a single standard. How are these autonomous cars are going to be able to communicate with each other if all of them have proprietary tech and software?
Same deal for the electric cars - they are all using different charger system instead of adopting a common standard. You can't charge your Nissan Leaf at a Tesla charging station. This is beyond retarded, and going to be a major obstacle when it comes to widespread adaptation of electric vehicles.
in time there will be alliances, mergers, reciprocal agreements, etc. i'm sure tesla wants to make money from the investment they made in superchargers all over, and perhaps eventually other electrics will be able to use them, for a price. but right now, the last thing tesla wants is for their owners to not be able to use the chargers because others with other brand cars are tying them up.
they don't need to communicate with each other especially since they will be co-existing with distracted human drivers for years.
it's not 'beyond retarded' it's called capitalism and competition, two things i know you hate. yeah we could wait for a government mandated charging standard and slow innovation for years. it's like saying the govt should ban apple's lightning connector because the rest of the world uses micro usb or usb-c now.
in time there will be alliances, mergers, reciprocal agreements, etc. i'm sure tesla wants to make money from the investment they made in superchargers all over, and perhaps eventually other electrics will be able to use them, for a price. but right now, the last thing tesla wants is for their owners to not be able to use the chargers because others with other brand cars are tying them up.
it's not 'beyond retarded' it's called capitalism and competition, two things i know you hate. yeah we could wait for a government mandated charging standard and slow innovation for years. it's like saying the govt should ban apple's lightning connector because the rest of the world uses micro usb or usb-c now.
in time there will be alliances, mergers, reciprocal agreements, etc. i'm sure tesla wants to make money from the investment they made in superchargers all over, and perhaps eventually other electrics will be able to use them, for a price. but right now, the last thing tesla wants is for their owners to not be able to use the chargers because others with other brand cars are tying them up.
maybe a self-driving car in nyc will have a way to make pedestrians get out of the way (noise, lights, pepper spray 
).
it's also possible that city cameras combined with facial recognition, phone tracking, etc., could make 'jay walking' an automatic pay for activity.
so each time you block traffic crossing the road when you're not supposed to the city just takes $25 out of your pocket. that 10 block walk could become expensive.
).it's also possible that city cameras combined with facial recognition, phone tracking, etc., could make 'jay walking' an automatic pay for activity.
so each time you block traffic crossing the road when you're not supposed to the city just takes $25 out of your pocket. that 10 block walk could become expensive.
forcing one electric car maker to give up its huge competitive advantage to others is quite different than taking steps to enforce laws, plus maybe you ignored my smiley faces.
but we're headed toward 'minority report' either way...
but we're headed toward 'minority report' either way...
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I don't know about forcing, but it would be in all of the manufacturers long term interest to adopt a common charging standard.
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It is actually quite revealing how these companies are competing and suing each other over autonomous driving patents, instead of trying to set a single standard. How are these autonomous cars are going to be able to communicate with each other if all of them have proprietary tech and software?
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Tesla hits barrier on auto pilot, luckily no fatalities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ml6sjk_8c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ml6sjk_8c
Och.....looks like you got a point on this one.
